7th Pay Commission

Extension of the term of the 7th Central Pay Commission

2015-08-26T08:15:00.002-07:00

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the extension of the term of the 7th Central Pay Commission by four months up to 31.12.2015.

Background:

The 7th Central Pay Commission was constituted by the Central Government on 28.2.2014. According to the Resolution dated 28.2.2014, by which the Commission was constituted, it is to make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution that is by 27th August, 2015.

In view of its volume of work and intensive stake-holders' consultations, the 7th Central Pay Commission had made a request to the Government for a four month extension up to 31.12.2015.

-- PIB

Seventh Central pay panel to submit report next month

2015-08-26T00:02:00.005-07:00

Seventh Pay Commission set up by the government to revise pay scales of central government employees will submit its report by September end, said its Chairman Justice A K Mathur here today.

The Commission, which was set up by the UPA government in February 2014 to revise remuneration of about 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners, was required to submit its report by August end.

“The Commission will submit its report by the end of September” Justice Mathur told PTI.

The government constitutes pay commission almost every ten years to revise the pay scales of its employees and often these are adopted by states after some modification.

The Commission has already completed discussions with various stakeholders including organisations, federations, and groups representing civil employees as well as Defence Services.

It is now in the process of finalising its recommendations.

The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission are scheduled to come into effect from January 1, 2016.

The other members of the Commission are Vivel Rae, Rathin Roy and its secretary Meena Agarwal.

The Sixth Pay Commission was implemented with effect from January 1, 2006, the fifth from January 1, 1996 and the fourth from January 1, 1986.

Source : http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/seventh-central-pay-panel-to-submit-report-next-month/article7579254.ece

Allocation for 7th Pay Commission Pay as Medium term Expenditure Framework of Finance Ministry

2015-08-24T00:20:00.000-07:00

The Speech is critically reviewed by Comrade Elangovan of DREU.

7TH CPC WIL INCREASE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PAY ONLY BY 15%. SHOULD WE ACCEPT?

R.ELANGOVAN,
WORKING PRESIDENT, DREU

1. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework statement has not yet been uploaded in Finance Ministry’s website. However I have taken the figures provided by print media including The Hindu. As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7th CPC implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs.100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs.91,839cr which if increased by 9.56% becomesRs.100619 crores.

2. While going through the earlier framework statements I have come to the conclusion that the ‘salaries’ shown is pay with normal increments plus DA projected.

3. As per the estimated strength and provision there of statement laid as part of finance budget,the normal projection as PAY was Rs.60731 cr and so DA is Rs 31,108 as deducted from Rs 91 839 cr. The budget document does not give the DA expenditure separately. It gives the total expenditure on all allowances. I have therefore arrived at the figure based on calculations. However I have sought the expenditure on DA, HRA, and Transport Allowance separately through RTI.

4. The increase proposed is Rs.100619 cr from Rs.91,839cr which means that there will be an increase of Rs.8780 cr. There won’t be any DA after 1-1-2016 up to 31-3-2016 in the fiscal 2015-16.Therefore the whole increase is on basic pay in this fiscal.

5. As we have already seen that the basic pay is Rs.60731 cr. the increase of Rs.8780 cr. is over this Rs.60731.This increase is 14.45% only. The expenditure projected for 2016-17 is Rs.1,12,000cr which is Rs.11,400 more over 2015-16 which works out to 11.32%. This is due to Increment, DA,HRA, TRA etc. The projection for 2017-18 is 1,16,000 cr.

6. If 40% of Basic Pay is to be given,the increase of expenditure in the fiscal 2015-16 must be Rs. 24000 cr as against the Rs. 8780 cr. The demand of JCM Staff side is that there must be an increase of 371% of basic pay as on 1-1-2016. With the 119% DA we would be drawing 219% already. The real increase demanded is 152% of Basic Pay. So not the 152% or 40% of 5th and 6th CPC is intended to be given to us. Only around 15% is going to be given. As The Terms Of Reference of 7TH CPC directs them to recommend only what is ‘ FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE’ to the Government. Now the Government In Parliament states only 15% is FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE. ARE WE TO ACCEPT IT.?Some PSUs got 15%. But that is for 5 years. But for Central Government Employees it is for Ten Years. Are We To Accept?

7. Pension expenditure for civilian pensioners was estimated to be Rs.27,145cr and defence pension Rs.54,500 cr. The total is Rs.81645 cr. This is expected to go up to Rs.88521 cr, which is an increase of Rs.6876 cr. As there will be no Dearness Relief for the fiscal 2015-16 the increase is to be accounted only to Basic Pension.

8. I have sought the expenditure break up for dearness relief under RTI. However the rough calculation shows a near increase of same 15% in Pension.

9. The impact of 6th CPC on expenditure as per estimated strength of establishment and provision there of in respect of Central Government civilian employees was as follows:
ARREARS Rs 26084 cr. For three years mostly on Pay and DA regular PAY Increase per annum: Rs 8685 cr. These are actual figures. The 219% of Rs. 8685 crores Rs.19000 cr. EVEN THIS IS NOT GIVEN.

10.We must issue a warning to the government afresh demanding acceptance of our demand. I recall my earlier note where in I had quoted BibekDebroy’s report that the 7th CPC will not be that destabilising to the Government as that of 6th CPC. GOVERNMENT PROVES THAT.

Source : http://postalpensioners.blogspot.in/2015/08/big-expectations-from-7th-cpc-and-low.html

Seventh Pay commission Report will be submitted by second week of September 2015

2015-08-23T04:53:00.001-07:00

The Hindi daily Dainik Baskar quoted in its report published on 22.8.2015 about report of Seventh pay commission that the pay commission report will be submitted by second week of September 2015,

According to its report the Seventh Pay Commission report to be submitted to the government will be examined by the senior CoS, which will take two months. Then it will be submitted to the Ministry of Finance, which will be implemented from 1st January, 2016,

According to sources the fitment formula 2.86 would be recommended by 7th pay commission.

The report published in Hindi is given below…

7वें वेतनमान में दोगुना हो सकता है वेतन

सातवें वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट सरकार के सौंपे जाने के बाद वरिष्ठ सचिवों की समिति इसका परीक्षण करेगी, जिसमें दो महीने का समय लगेगा। इसके बाद इसे वित्त मंत्रालय को सौंपा जाएगा, जिसे वह अगले साल 1 जनवरी 2016 से लागू करने हरी झंडी देगा, इसे जस का तस मौजूदा वेतन का 2.86 गुना बढ़ाया जाने पर सरकार पर 1 लाख 28 हजार करोड़ रुपए का अतिरिक्त भार आएगा। इधर केंद्रीय अधिकारी कर्मचारियों के संगठन ने सरकार को चेतावनी भी दे दी है कि यदि सेंट्रल-पे- कमीशन (सीपीसी) की रिपोर्ट में ज्यादा कटौती होती है तो वे हड़ताल पर भी जाने का कदम उठा सकते हैं।

सातवें वेतन आयोग से केंद्र सरकार कर्मचारियों की तनख्वाह दोगुनी होने की संभावना है। आयोग की रिपोर्ट सितंबर के दूसरे सप्ताह में केंद्र सरकार को सौंपी जाना है। केंद्र सरकार के 55 लाख कर्मचारियों में से एक लाख मप्र में कार्यरत हैं। नया वेतनमान 1 जनवरी 2016 से लागू होना है। सूत्रों के अनुसार सातवें वेतन आयोग में ग्रेड-पे को खत्म किया जा रहा है, जिसके स्थान पर 15 नए स्केल बनाए जा रहे हैं। इन स्केल में वेतनमान रहेंगे और उस पर महंगाई भत्ता देय होगा। इसी के अनुसार अन्य सुविधाओं मकान भाड़ा और परिवहन भत्ता दिया जाएगा। फिलहाल लागू छठे वेतनमान में कर्मचारियों की 33 साल की सेवा पूरी होने के बाद रिटायरमेंट का फार्मूला लागू है। इसके पीछे कर्मचारियों को रिटायरमेंट पर साढ़े सोलह महीने के वेतन के बराबर ग्रेच्युटी का भुगतान किया जाना है। इस सेवा के बाद कर्मचारी पूरी पेंशन का हकदार होता है। इसे सातवें वेतनमान में भी लागू किया जाना प्रस्तावित है।

अभी सीपीसी की रिपोर्ट सरकार को सौंपी जाना है, उस पर वरिष्ठ सचिवों की समिति विचार करेगी। इसके बाद इसे अंतिम रूप दिया जाएगा। इसमें जो भी विसंगति होगी, उस पर चर्चा करेंगे। – केकेएन कुट्टी, अध्यक्ष, केंद्रीय कर्मचारी परिसंघ

यह है प्रस्तावित स्केल

छठे वेतनमान ग्रेड-पे पे- बैंड (मूल वेतन) सातवां वेतनमान ( प्रस्तावित)

पीबी-1 में 2400 से 2800 रुपए ग्रेड-पे 5200-8650 रुपए तक 21000- 46000 रुपए

पीबी-2 में 4200 से 5400 रुपए ग्रेड-पे 9300- 15600 रुपए तक 56000 – 78000 रुपए

पीबी-3 में 5400 से 7600 रुपए ग्रेड-पे 15600-21900 रुपए तक 88000- 1,20000 रुपए

पीबी-4 में 8900 से 10,000 रुपए ग्रेड-पे 37400-43000 रुपए तक 1,48000 -1,62000 रुपए

एचएजी 75500 से 80,000 रुपए तक 1,93000 रुपए

अपेक्स स्केल 80,000 रुपए फिक्स्ड 2 ,13000 रुपए

कैबिनेट सेक्रेटरी 90,000 रुपए फिक्स्ड 2,40000 रुपए

नोट : फिलहाल अधिकारी-कर्मचारियों को मूल वेतन, ग्रेड-पे पर 113 प्रतिशत डीए, एचआरए एवं ट्रांसपोर्ट अलाउंस मिल रहा है। इसके अलावा 6 प्रतिशत डीए जुलाई का बकाया है।

Source: Dainik Bhaskar

Seventh Pay Commission May Recommend Permanent Pay Panel

2015-08-22T02:01:00.002-07:00

The Seventh Pay Commission is likely to recommend the government to form a permanent pay panel to give recommendations to the government from time to time on issues pertaining to pay structure of central government employees

The permanent pay panel would recommend regular salary hikes in keeping with the rate of inflation.

The formation of the permanent pay panel would help raise the salaries and allowances of central government officials and employees, an official of the pay panel said.

He added the permanent pay panel would recommend salary and allowance hikes in keeping with the rising inflation rate, which will be implemented by the government. “Then it will not be necessary to form a new commission during the next several years for central government employees.”

However, the Seventh Pay Commission got one month extension to submit its recommendations.

Accordingly it is expected to submit its report by the end of September. The time allotted for the commission ends this month.

The government appointed the Seventh Pay Commission on 28 February 2014 under chairman, Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, with a time frame of 18 months to make its recommendations

“There are some data points that are missing, which we hope to get by this month end. We are trying to submit the report by 20 September,” the official of the pay panel also said.

The government’s salary bill will rise by 9.56% to Rs 1,00,619 crore with the implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, according to a statement tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on August 12.

The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, is likely to be implemented in April, next year.

Source : http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/08/seventh-pay-commission-may-recommend-permanent-pay-panel/

Big Expectations from 7th CPC and Low possibilities projected by Union Finance Minister!

2015-08-22T01:17:00.003-07:00

Honourable Finance Minister Shri.Arun Jaitely had spoken about the possible impact of 7th CPC recommendations in Parliament.

The Speech is critically reviewed by Comrade Elangovan of DREU.

7TH CPC WILL INCREASE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PAY ONLY BY 15%.

SHOULD WE ACCEPT?

R.ELANGOVAN,

WORKING PRESIDENT, DREU

1. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework statement has not yet been uploaded in Finance Ministry’s website.However I have taken the figures provided by print media including The Hindu.As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7th CPC implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs.100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs.91,839cr which if increased by 9.56% becomesRs.100619 crores.

2. While going through the earlier framework statements I have come to the conclusion that the ‘salaries’ shown is pay with normal increments plus DA projected.

3. As per the estimated strength and provision there of statement laid as part of finance budget,the normal projection as PAY was Rs.60731 cr and so DA is Rs 31,108 as deducted from Rs 91 839 cr.The budget document does not give the DA expenditure separately. It gives the total expenditure on all allowances. I have therefore arrived at the figure based on calculations. However I have sought the expenditure on DA, HRA, and Transport Allowance separately through RTI.

4. The increase proposed is Rs.100619 cr from Rs.91,839cr which means that there will be an increase of Rs.8780 cr. There won’t be any DA after 1-1-2016 up to 31-3-2016 in the fiscal 2015-16.Therefore the whole increase is on basic pay in this fiscal.

5. As we have already seen that the basic pay is Rs.60731 cr. the increase of Rs.8780 cr. is over this Rs.60731.This increase is 14.45% only.The expenditure projected for 2016-17 is Rs.1,12,000cr which is Rs.11,400 more over 2015-16 which works out to 11.32%. This is due to Increment, DA,HRA, TRA etc.The projection for 2017-18 is 1,16,000 cr.

6. If 40% of Basic Pay is to be given,the increase of expenditure in the fiscal 2015-16 must be Rs. 24000 cr as against the Rs. 8780 cr. The demand of JCM Staff side is that there must be an increase of 371% of basic pay as on 1-1-2016. With the 119% DA we would be drawing 219% already. The real increase demanded is 152% of Basic Pay.So not the 152% or 40% of 5th and 6th CPC is intended to be given to us. Only around 15% is going to be given.As The Terms Of Reference of 7TH CPC directs them to recommend only what is‘FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE’to the Government.Now the Government InParliament states only 15% is FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE. ARE WE TO ACCEPT IT.?Some PSUs got 15%. But that is for 5 years. But for Central Government Employees it is for Ten Years.Are We To Accept?

7. Pension expenditure for civilian pensioners was estimated to be Rs.27,145cr and defence pension Rs.54,500 cr. The total is Rs.81645 cr. This is expected to go up to Rs.88521 cr, which is an increase of Rs.6876 cr.As there will be no Dearness Relief for the fiscal 2015-16 the increase is to be accounted only to Basic Pension.

8. I have sought the expenditure break up for dearness relief under RTI. However the rough calculation shows a near increase of same 15% in Pension.

9. The impact of 6th CPC on expenditure as per estimated strength of establishment and provision there of in respect of Central Government civilian employees was as follows:

ARREARS Rs 26084 cr. For three years mostly on Pay and DA regular PAY Increase per annum: Rs 8685 cr. These are actual figures.The 219% ofRs. 8685 cris Rs.19000 cr. EVEN THIS IS NOT GIVEN.

10.We must issue a warning to the government afresh demanding acceptance of our demand.I recall my earlier note where in I had quoted BibekDebroy’s report that the 7th CPC will not be that destabilisingto the Government as that of 6th CPC. GOVERNMENT PROVES THAT.

Source http://postalpensioners.blogspot.in/2015/08/big-expectations-from-7th-cpc-and-low.html

Minutes of the 7th CPC Seminar on Common Demands COC KARNATAKA

2014-01-07T04:14:00.001-08:00

The seminar on 7th CPC common demands held at Income Tax office Bangalore on 18/12/13 which was presided over by Com S.Radhakrishna Working President COC Karnataka.

The seminar was attended by following affiliates of COC Karnataka.

1) All India Postal Employees Union.

2) Income Tax Employees Federation.

3) Postal Accounts Employees Association.

4) RMS Employees Association.

5) Central Ground Water Board Employees Association.

6) Indian Audit & Accounts Employees Association

7) Survey of India Employees Association.

8) Census Employees Association.

9) Atomic Energy (RMP Mysore) Employees Association.

10) P& T Audit Employees Association.

11) GPO Employees Association.

12) Postal Admin Employees Association.

13) Central Excise Employees Association.

14) CGHS Employees Association.

15) NAL Employees Association.

16) IMD Employees Association.

17) Civil Accounts Employees Association.

Other invitees and others 5 members. Total 135 members.

Deliberation of the Seminar started at 11 AM and concluded at 4.30PM.

Comrade R.Seethalaxshmi Vice President COC Karnataka welcomed the chief Guest and Delegates for the seminar.

Com P.S.Prasad General Secretary COC Karnataka welcomed the Chief Guest and Delegates for the seminar. He explained the background of conducting this seminar as the Central Government has decided to constitute the 7th CPC, hence this seminar will debate on the common issues of CG Employees to be presented in the 7th CPC. He further stated that the work paper has been circulated and it can be debated in this seminar, so that the COC view of Karnataka can be finalised.. At the same time he urged the affiliates to be prepared for struggle if the Government does not agree to the staff side demands of terms of reference. He assured the CHQ leaders Karnataka has always in the forefront of the CG movement. He also thanked the ITEF leadership for making arrangements for this seminar including hall, printing of work paper, providing good food at subsidized rates etc.

Com S.Radhakrishna Working President COC Karnataka in his speech explained to the members right from the first Central Pay Commission to sixth Central Pay Commission, the Central Pay Commission has done injustice to the Employees by not awarding the right pay scales and fitment formula. The concept of fair wages has been deprived to CG Employees. Usually pay commissions had adopted a multiplying factor of 3.2 to 3.6 to arrive at the new scales compared to earlier scales. But the VI CPC adopted conversion factor of about 2.6 at the lowest where as it was about 6 at the highest scale. By this method well established ration 1:12 between the lowest scale and highest scale was disturbed by the VI CPC. He further elaborated how be struggle oriented approach the Confederation was able to get improvements in the recommendations of earlier pay commission reports. He supported the decision of Confederation Hqrs to chalk out series of programmes to prepare the membership for strike.

Inaugural address by Comrade M.Krishnan Secretary General Confederation of Central Govt. Employees New Delhi.

Inaugurating and initiating discussion of seminar Secretary General congratulated the COC Karnataka for organising this seminar on the common demands of CG Employees which is first of its kind in the country. He also thanked the COC Karnataka for participation in strikes and struggles launched by Confederation. He narrated the circumstances under which the earlier pay commissions had been constituted. Even in case of VII CPC Confederation was first to raise the demand and later adopted by all organisations. Government after seeing the mobilisation for strike ballot proposed to be held in November 2013 announced the constitution of VII CPC. which has put pressure on the Government in announcing the 7th CPC, He explained to the members about the terms of reference prepared by the staff side of JCM to the Central Government, He also informed that if the Central Government does not agree to our demands or the terms of reference prepared by the staff side of JCM then the Confederation will take up struggle path.

Comrade M.Krishnan deliberated on the work paper prepared by the COC Karnataka and each and every item was discussed by him. He expressed satisfaction on the this report and informed the delegates that while preparing the 7th CPC memorandum by the Confederation the views of the COC Karnataka will be taken into account, he also assured that the members will be consulted before finalising the 7th CPC memorandum as this will be displayed on the Confederation website.

Presentation of work paper by Com P.S.Prasad General Secretary COC Karnataka, He presented the work paper which was approved by the members.

Com Kameshawari from IMD wanted the IMD to be declared as scientific department.

Com Ashok Kumar from Census wanted increase in tour TA/DA rates, Com R. Srinivas wanted filling up of vacant post.

Concluding address by Comrade M.S.Raja Working President of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees New Delhi

In his speech he explained how the C. G. Employees were denied the trade union rights, he urged members to be prepared for the struggles and he explained how the struggles from first CPC to sixth CPC has yielded results. He also agreed to the work paper on common demands of CG Employees prepared by COC Karnataka.

Comrade K.S.Madhusudhan Secretary General AICGWBEA and General Secretary COC Harayana State.

In his speech he agreed on the work paper on common demands of CG Employees prepared by COC Karnataka, He explained the need for filling up vacant post and travelling allowance to be provided to field staff. He urged all persons to prepare their 7th CPC memorandum, He informed that for CGWB a committee has been formed in which Com P.S.Prasad has been made member of the committee.

Com S.Radhakrishna Working President COC Karnataka made his concluding remarks and assured the Apex leadership that State unit will implement the calls of Hqrs in letter and spirit.

Seminar concluded at 4.30 Pm with Vote of thanks by Com Ravindranth Joint Secretary of COC Karnataka.

Source : www.confederationhq.blogspot.in

7th CPC News - Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out by COC Karnataka

2014-01-07T04:12:00.002-08:00

Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula for 7th CPC worked out .

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula:

The staff side of the JCM had given representation demanding Rs 10,000/- as minimum wage for Central Government Employees. The 6th CPC in its report vide para no 2.2.15 had calculated a minimum wage of Rs 5478/- today if we are calculate the minimum wage it should be more than Rs 21,000/- apart from HRA and other allowances. Hence there is three times increase in actual prices calculated by the 6th CPC and the current prices. The current wages of the CG Employees should be doubled at least including that of GDS.

The most comprehensive criteria for covering all the basic needs were evolved by the 15th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) in 1957 for fixing minimum wages. The norms are that a need-based minimum wage for a single worker should cover all the needs of a worker’s family consisting of a spouse and two children. The food requirement was to be 2,700 calories, 65 grams of protein and around 45-60 grams of fat as recommended by Dr Wallace Aykroyd for an average Indian adult of moderate activity. Dr Aykroyd pointed out that animal proteins, such as milk, eggs, fish, liver and meat, are biologically more efficient than vegetable proteins and suggested that they should form at least one-fifth of the total protein.

Dr Aykroyd worked on nutrition for nearly 30 years and was director of the Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations. In 1935, he was appointed Director of the Government's Nutritional Research Centre in India, situated in Coonoor in the south. The 15th ILC further resolved that clothing requirements should be based on per capita consumption of 18 yards per annum, which gives 72 yards per annum for the average worker's family. For housing, the rent corresponding to the minimum area provided under the government's industrial housing schemes was to be taken. Fuel, lighting and other items of expenditure were to constitute an additional 20% of the total minimum wage.

The Supreme Court upheld these criteria in the case of Unichoy vs State of Kerala in 1961. In the later Raptakos Brett Vs Workmen case of 1991, the SC went one step further, and held that besides the five components enunciated by the 15th ILC, minimum wages should include a sixth component, amounting to 25% of the total minimum wage, to cover children's education, medical treatment, recreation, festivals and ceremonies. The SC also observed that a wage structure including the above six components would be “nothing more than minimum wage at subsistence level” which the workers must get “at all times and under all circumstances”.

Minimum Salary-Analysis &Recommendations para 2.2.15

The Commission, however, agrees that the norms set by the 15th International Labour Conference (ILC) are appropriate for computing minimum salary. It is also observed that the minimum salary is applicable at the time a person joins the Government which will usually be at a young age when a person may be just married and will not have responsibility of parents or many children. Accordingly, the family unit for minimum salary can only be taken as three.

The Minimum Salary should be based on 6 units not three units as per 6th CPC calculation. As both parents and two children are depending on the salary of Government servant apart from spouse. the additional burden the employees will carry after a few years of service as his parents would have retired from service and are wholly dependent on him also his children would have stepped into school / college level, even small baby requirements are much unlike in the past years, the hence the minimum wage he gets will not compensate with the family financial burden. Hence the whole calculations needs a undergo a drastic change in next CPC taking into account of 6 units rather than 3 units.

The Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended a minimum wage of Rs 6600/- per month against the demand of Rs 10,000/- per month as worked out by Staff side of JCM. Today the minimum need based wage works out to Rs 21,000/ per month+ HRA+ allowances. The general minimum expenses per month for a family of four members are as follows when a Government servant joins the duty with two small children:

a) Vegetables Rs 3000/-
b) Food Grains /Groceries Rs 7000/-.
c) House rent single room Rs 6000/-
d) Clothing Rs 3000/-
e) Children education and their expenses Rs 2000/-
f) Electricity Chargers Rs 800/-
g) Water Charges Rs 250/-
h) Transportation charges Rs 1000/-
i) TV cable rent Rs 300/-
j) Medical Expenses Rs 500/-
k) Mobile expenses Rs 250/-
l) Cooking Gas Rs 450/-
m) Recreation charges Rs 500/-
n) Personal expenses Rs 1000/-

Total Rs 26500/-Hence minimum wage works out to Rs 27,000/-

The expenses will increase as the age of Government servant goes up and family responsibility will increase as he has to educate the children in professional courses, marriage of his children has to be performed, his medical expenses will increase, his parents will stay with him and now there are quite dependent on the Government servant for their lively hood. As such the salary should be more to meet his expenses. The Government is a model employer hence the wages should be provided with the needs.

Table:

Fixation of Minimum wage as on 1.1.2006 as per 15 ILC norms as per Table 2.2.1 of the 6th compare minimum wage should be three times the 6th recommendations.

Items	Per day PCU (In grams)	Per month 3CU (In kg)	Price per kg. taken by 6th CPC (In Rs)	Total cost as per rates of 6th CPC (in Rs) As on 1/1/2006	Price per kg. as per prevailing market rates (in Rs) 1/6/13 At Bangalore	Total cost as per prevailing rates (in Rs) 1/6/2013
Rice/wheat	475	42.75	18	769.5	55	2351
Dal (Toor/ Urad / moong	80	7.2	40	288	80	576
Raw Veg.	100	9.00	10	90	60	600
Greenleaf Veg	125	11.25	10	112.5	40	400
Other Veg.	75	6.75	10	67.5	45	450
Fruits	120	10.80	30	324	80	864
Milk	200 Ml	18 Lt.	24.00	432	35	630
Sugar and Jaggery	56	5.00	24.00	120	45	225
Edible Oil	40	3.6	50	180	100	360
Fish		2.5	120	300	180	450
Meat		5.00	120	600	375	1875
Egg		90	02	180	04	360
Detergents etc		200		200	400	400
Clothing		5.5 Mt.	80/Mt	440	200	1100
Total				4103.5		10641
Misc. @ 20%*				827		2660
Total				4930.5		13301
Addl. Exp @ 25%**				400		3325
Total				5330.5		16626
Housing @ 10%***				148		600^
Grand Total				5478.5		17226

Source: Average market rates in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai as indicated in the Economic Times & Other major dailies (element of 20% has been added to cover the increase in cost in retail sale).

Notes PCU = Per day Consumption Unit 3CU = Three Consumption Units that is wife, husband and a child no parents or second child is taken into account.

* 20% Miscellaneous charges towards fuel, electricity, water etc.

** Additional Expense at the rate of 25% includes expenditure towards education, Medical treatment, housing, recreation, festivals etc.

# Has been taken as Rs.400 because separate allowances for education, medical

Treatment and housing exist in the Government. Consequently, only the expenditure

Towards recreation & festivals need to be taken in account.

^ Being the license fee chargeable for government accommodation at an average rate of 3% of the basic pay.

Total minimum wage is Rs 17225+ HRA Rs 7000/- + Transportation Allowance Rs 2500/-= Rs 26725 that is Rs 27,000/-.

The fixation of minimum basic pay of Rs 21000/- is taking into the account of minimum skill and education requirement as 10th Standard as prescribed by the 6th CPC. As the education requirement is more such as Diploma in Engineering or Degree in Science or Commerce, then the minimum basic pay should be Rs 40,000/- (8700+4200) X 3 = Rs 39,000/-. For Engineering Graduates and Master Degree it should be Rs 65,000/- .

The pay scales should start with a minimum basic pay including Grade Pay of Rs 21,000/- to end with 2, 10,000 with a ratio of 1:10 of minimum scale and maximum scale. Since government is a model employer they should provide minimum wages as per the 15 ILO conference and other wages as per the educational qualification & skill requirement of the job.

The multiplying factor is calculated as below:

The existing basic pay + Grade pay + DA 100% + weightage of 100% ( that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid) that is the multiplying factor works out to three.

Note: The actual price rise is over 200% the DA is only 90%.

The existing basic pay + grade pay+ DA 100%+DA merger = Net wage + weightage of 70% (that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid).

The pay scales should have a multiplying factor of three, that means the existing pay scales and pay (basic pay + GP) should be multiplied by three. The pay scales arrived should not have any bunching of basic pay as done in the 5th there is no stagnation.

The concept of fair wages has been deprived to CG Employees. Usually pay commissions had adopted a multiplying factor of 3.2 to 3.8 to arrive at the new scales compared to earlier scales. But the VI CPC adopted conversion factor of about 2.6 at the lowest where as it was about 3.6 at the highest scale. By this method well established ration 1:12 between the lowest scale and highest scale was disturbed by the VI CPC.

The minimum pay & band pay fixed by the 6th compared all other pay commissions for example a new recruit for the post of LDC his pay is Rs 5200+ 1900 = Rs 7100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 3050 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 11000/- .

In case of a Graduate or Diploma holder as per 6th + 4200= Rs 13500/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 5000 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 18000/- .

In case of a Master degree holder as per 6th 4800= Rs 14100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 6500 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 23000/- .

Hence the justification of multiplying factor of three is justified.

The ratio between the lowest and highest scales should not more than 1:10

III PAY COMMISSION VS IV PAY COMMISSION GROUP D,C and B

IV CPC PAY SCALES VS V CPC PAY SCALES

Comparison of pay scales of the 4th CPC , 5th CPC and 6th CPC

SIXTH CPC PAY STRUCTURE & PAY STRUCTURE FOR NEXT (VII) PAY COMMISSION DEMANDED

The existing basic pay should be multiplied by factor three, so that there is no bunching of basic pay. The existing GP of Rs 2000/- and Rs 2800/- should be removed. Likewise there are GP of Rs 5400/- in both PB-2 and PB-3 one of them is to be removed.

There are 34 scales recommended by the 6th Pay has been not in existence, as such 30 GP are right now available.

With the merger of pay scale from S9 to S12 into Grade Pay of Rs 4200/-.

There are many pay scales which was merged into single GP of Rs 4200/- which has created anomalies, the promotions have been made in same grade pay without financial benefits.

There should be time scale rather than grade pay system, these time scales should long enough.

Source: http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/
[http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/2014/01/minimum-wage-pay-fixation-forumala-for.html]

Cabinet proposal soon to constitute 7th Pay Commission

2013-12-19T07:58:00.004-08:00

The central government is likely to constitute the 7th Pay Commission for revising the salaries of its over 50 lakh employees before the start of process of next general elections due in May, 2014.

“The Finance Ministry is working out a Cabinet proposal for constitution of the 7th Pay Commission which could be taken up for consideration in the next couple of weeks,” a source said.

According to information available, the government’s intention to constitute 7th Pay Commission before going for polls is clear as it has made provision of Rs. 3.5 crore in the second supplementary demands for grants in this regard which was approved by Parliament in the just concluded Winter Session.

Earlier in September this year, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had announced that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved setting up of the 7th Pay Commission.

According to the announcement, the Commission will be mandated to submit its report in two years time and its recommendations would be implemented from January 1, 2016.

However, after that announcement, no formal proposal was put up before the Union Cabinet for constitution of the Commission.

As per the practice, the Commission is headed by a former Supreme Court Judge and its other members would include experts and officials.

Meanwhile, the government is also believed to have approved fixing minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month under the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) run by retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The government is also understood to have cleared maximum basic wage ceiling of Rs. 15,000 per month for deduction of Provident Fund from existing Rs. 6,500 per month for private sector workers, in general, covered under schemes run by EPFO.

- The Hindu

7th Pay Commission Projected Pay Structure

2013-12-14T22:46:00.001-08:00

SIXTH CPC PAY STRUCTURE				PROJECTED PAY STRUCTURE FOR 7th PAY COMMISSION
Name of Pay Band/ Scale	Corresponding Pay Bands	Corresponding Grade Pay	Entry Grade +band pay	Projected entry level pay using uniform multiplying factor` 3’
Name of Pay Band/ Scale	Corresponding Pay Bands	Corresponding Grade Pay	Entry Grade +band pay	Band Pay	Grade Pay	Entry Pay
PB-1	5200-20200	1800	7000	15600-60600	5400	21000
PB-1	5200-20200	1900	7730	15600-60600	5700	23190
PB-1	5200-20200	2000	8460	15600-60600	6000	25380
PB-1	5200-20200	2400	9910	15600-60600	7200	29730
PB-1	5200-20200	2800	11360	15600-60600	8400	34080
PB-2	9300-34800	4200	13500	29900-104400	12600	40500
PB-2	9300-34800	4600	17140	29900-104400	13800	51420
PB-2	9300-34800	4800	18150	29900-104400	14400	54450
PB-3	15600-39100	5400	21000	29900-104400	16200	63000
PB-3	15600-39100	6600	25530	46800-117300	19800	76590
PB-3	15600-39100	7600	29500	46800-117300	22800	88500
PB-4	37400-67000	8700	46100	112200-20100	26100	138300
PB-4	37400-67000	8900	49100	112200-20100	26700	147300
PB-4	37400-67000	10000	53000	112200-20100	30000	159000
HAG	67000- (ann increment @ 3%) -79000	Nil				201000
HAG+ Scale	75500- (ann increment @ 3%) -80000	Nil				226500
Apex Scale	80000 (Fixed)	Nil				240000
Cab. Sec.	90000 (Fixed)	Nil				270000

7th CPC – NO COMPROMISE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE

2013-12-11T04:53:00.002-08:00

DITORIAL - POSTAL CRUSADER - DECEMBER 2013

7th CPC – NO COMPROMISE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE

GET READY FOR STRIKE IF GOVERNMENT REJECTS DA MERGER,

GDS INCLUSION & INTERIM RELIEF

Eventhough Government has announced constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission, the appointment is yet to take place. In the meanwhile one round of discussion was held with Secretary, DOP&T on terms of reference. Subsequently, the staff side, JCM National Council has submitted a unanimous proposal on the items to be included in the terms of reference of the 7th CPC, which includes (i) date of effect as 01.01.2014 (2) merger of DA with pay (3) grant of interim relief (4) inclusion of GDS under the ambit of 7th CPC (5) statutory pension for those entered into service on or after 01.01.2004 (6) settlement of anomalies of 6th CPC (7) cashless/hassle-free medicare facilities etc.

Government while announcing the 7th CPC has made it clear that the date of effect will be 01.01.2016. Further nothing has been mentioned about DA merger and interim relief. Regarding GDS the declared stand of the Government is that GDS are not civil servants and in the past also every time when CPC is appointed, the Government refused to include them in the Pay commission. Last time also inspite of the strong protest and agitational programmes conducted by NFPE and Postal JCA, the Government has appointed a bureaucratic committee. Regarding statutory pension to those who entered into service on or after 01.01.2004, the Government’s stand is well known and it may refuse to include this item also in the terms of reference.

This being the position, our past experience shows that unless and until the demands raised in the staff side proposal submitted to Government on terms of reference of the CPC is backed by serious agitational programmes, rallying the entire Central Government Employees and create compulsion on the Government to accept our justified stand, there is every possibility of Government rejecting the above proposal.

Further all of us are aware that the political situation in the country is gradually getting in election mode. This is bringing forth before the working class movement a crucial task of front-loading our class issues in the ensuring political battle. We have to keep in mind that the corporate class and corporate controlled media has started making effort for relegating the working class issues and the economic policy related issues in particular to the background. It is our duty to bring the demands of the working class to the fore-front and conduct intensive campaign against those policies and also against those who are supporting the neo-liberal globalization policies. Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers and NFPE being the part and parcel of the mainstream of the working class of our country has got an added responsibility to rally the entire Central Government Employees in the struggle against the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Government which shall ultimately lead to a change in the political equation ensuring implementation of pro-people, pro-worker alternative policy.

It is in this back the National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers met at new Delhi on 28.11.2013 has decided to go for strike if the Government refuse to accept the staff side proposal on terms of reference. Confederation further decided to organize series of phased programme of action and campaign from now onwards so that the employees will be ready to go for strike on short notice.

NFPE call upon all the Postal, RMS and GDS employees to implement the call of the Confederation at all levels and be prepared to go for strike at any time, if situation warrants. We further make it clear that NFPE and Confederation will not go for any compromise on the demands raised in the proposal submitted by the JCM Staff side on terms of reference of 7th CPC.

Source: www.nfpe.blogspot.in

[http://www.nfpe.blogspot.in/2013/12/editorial-postal-crusader-december-2013.html]

Terms of Reference of 7th CPC

2013-12-11T04:52:00.006-08:00

INDWF/Circular/010/2013

Date : 09.12.2013

Affiliated Unions of INDWF

Sub: Terms of Reference of 7th CPC

Dear Colleagues,

Hon’ble Union Finance Minister made an announcement on 25th September, 2013 for constituting 7th Central Pay Commission; the Government has invited the leaders of the Federations (JCM National Council) for a meeting on 24.10.2013 to discuss the probable terms of reference of 7th Central Pay Commission.

In the meeting held on October, 24, 2013 at North Block, Room No.190, Chaired by Secretary, DOP&T the Federation leaders pointed out the following issues needs to be considered and settled.

Anomalies arisen consequent upon the implementations of VI CPC.

Anomalies relating to MACP Scheme vis-a-vis ACPs to be resolved as already discussed in Anomaly Committee

Merger of DA with Pay as was done during the year 2004.

All Cadre Review proposals should be cleared and should be de-linked with 7th CPC.

The Draft Terms of Reference – Finalised by the staff Side is given below:

(A) To examine the existing structure of pay, allowances and other benefits/facilities, retirement benefit like Pension, gratuity, other terminal benefits etc., to the following categories of employees.

Central Government employees – industrial and non-industrial.
Personnel belonging to All India Services.
Personnel belonging to the Defence forces.
Personnel called as Grameen Dak Sevak belonging to the Postal department.
Personnel of Union territories.
Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.
Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.
Officers and employees of the Supreme Court.
Members of Regulatory bodies (excluding RBI) set up under Act of Parliament.

(B) To work out the comprehensive revised pay packet for the categories of Central Government employees mentioned in (A) above as on 01.01.2014.

(C) The Commission will determine the pay structure, benefits facilities, retirement benefits etc., taking into account the need to provide minimum wage with reference to the recommendation of the 15th Indian Labour Conference (1957) and the subsequent judicial pronouncement of the honourable Supreme Court thereon as on 01.01.2014.

(D) To determine the Interim relief needed to be sanctioned immediately to the Central Government employees and pensioners mentioned in (A) above.

(E) To determine the percentage of Dearness Allowance/Dearness relief immediately to be merged with pay and pension.

(F) To settle the anomalies reached in various fora of JCM.

(G) To work out the improvement needed to the existing retirement benefits, like pension, death cum retirement gratuity, family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits maintaining parity amongst past, present and future pensioners and family pensioners including those who entered in service on or after 01.01.2014.

(H) To recommend methods for providing cashless/hazzle free Medicare facilities to the employees and pensioners including postal pensioners.

Yours fraternally,

(R.SRINIVASAN)

General Secretary

Source: http://indwf.blogspot.in/2013/12/indwfcircular0102013-date-09.html

Process to set up 7th Pay Commission initiated

2013-12-07T08:43:00.002-08:00

The Centre has initiated the process to set up the 7th Central Pay Commission, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

The process for finalisation of terms of reference, the composition and possible timeframe for the submission of its report has also been initiated, Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State for Finance, said in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.

The date of effect of the 7th Central Pay Commission will be known once the report is available, Meena added.

- The Hindu

Composition of 7th Pay Commission

2013-12-01T23:17:00.001-08:00

COMPOSITION OF 7TH PAY COMMISSION – SERVING FINANCE SECRETARY MIGHT BE APPOINTED AS MEMBER SECRETARY OF 7TH PAY COMMISSION

Some Blogs have said that Shri. Raminder Singh Gujral ,IAS, the Finance Secretary , might be appointed as Member secretary of 7th Pay Commission. But the fact is he is retiring from the service on 30th November 2013. New Finance Secretary will be appointed after the approval of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet. But the issue here is not regarding who will be the next Finance secretary. The issue is ‘can the retiring official be appointed as Member secretary to the 7th Pay Commission? . It is needed to mention that the previous pay commissions did not have retired bureaucrats as its Member secretary. The serving bureaucrats only appointed as Member Sectary of all the Pay commissions except the First Pay Commission.

The first pay Commission did not have a Member secretary. Its secretary was Shri. K.R.P.Aiyangar
The Member Secretaries of later Pay commissions were…
The Second Pay Commission- Shri. L.P. Singh, ICS.
The Third Pay Commission – Shri . Shri H.N. Ray, ICS.
The Fourth Pay Commission – Shri .A.K. Majumdar, IAS.
The Fifth Pay Commission – Shri M.K Kaw,IAS.
The Sixth Pay Commission- Smt.Sushma Nath,IAS.

So the Seventh Pay Commission also will have a serving bureaucrats as its Member secretary
Number of Members of Central Pay commission

with regard to the number of Members of the past six pay commissions, there seems to be a declining trend

S.N	Pay Commission	Members
1	1st pay commission	9
2	2nd pay commission	6
3	3rd pay commission	5
4	4th pay commission	5
5	5th pay commission	3
6	6th pay commission	4

Source : gservants.com

R.S. Gujral, is likely to be appointed Member-Secretary of the 7th Pay Commission

2013-12-01T23:14:00.002-08:00

The Central Government is likely to notify the the pay commission within the next two months The timing is in such a way that it is well before the model code of conduct for the general elections comes into force. Such a move will bring a positive mood for the central government employees towards the government.Additionally the Center is expected to give the panel enough time to prepare its report in the hope that the government would be a lot more comfortable vis-a-vis the fiscal deficit by the time the panel submits its report.Government employees have also asked the Center to consider merging dearness allowance with their pay, arguing that the Sixth Pay Commission, like the Centre, could not have anticipated the high inflation that has eroded real wages over the last decade. The demand was made at a preliminary meeting held between the department of personnel and the employee representatives to discuss the proposed Seventh Pay Commission. It is learnt that the present Secretary Expenditure, R S Gujral, is likely to be appointed Member-Secretary of the 7th Pay Commission. The 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Gujral is retiring on November 30th 2013. Shri Gujral was also Secretary ( Revenue) and having sufficient experience on functioning of CBEC & CBDT.

sourcehttp://cengoindia.blogspot.in/2013/11/the-present-secretary-expenditure-may.html

COMMON DEMANDS FOR 7TH PAY COMMISSION – CONFEDERATION CONDUCTS SEMINAR ON 18.12.2013 TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO 7TH CPC

2013-11-23T06:56:00.003-08:00

All Affiliates

COC Karnataka

Comrade,

As decided in the meeting of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees Karnataka State ( COC ) held on 29-10-2013 at ITEF and a one day State level Seminar of all India Central Government Employees will be held on 18-12-2013, Wednesday at Bangalore to discuss common demands of the Central Government Employees for presenting the memorandum to the 7th Central Pay Commission . The Seminar will be addressed by Comrade K.K.N.Kutty, President of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees New Delhi and Comrade M.Krishnan Secretary General Confederation of Central Govt. Employees New Delhi .

It is requested to give wide publicity to this seminar so that delegates from all over the State to attend this Seminar representing all Central Government Departments, we can a fruitful discussion on the common demands of Central Government Employees . Since the Central Government is likely to set up the 7th Central Pay Commission in December 2013, hence this seminar will be very vital for CG Employees.

In order to meet the expenses towards food and snacks, printing of memorandum about 50 pages, traveling expenses of the central leaders a sum of Rs 150/- (one hundred and fifty) will be charged as delegate fee.

The affiliates are requested to intimate well in advance regarding the participation in seminar so that arrangements can be made for the seminar such as food and printing of memorandum. The affiliates of COC are requested to intimate by 1st December to the undersigned.

The minimum delegates shall be as follows :

NFPE – 70 members (RMS 10 P3 30 P4 20 DAP 10)

ITEF 30 members, AG’s 10 members, SOI 10 members, Central Excise 10 members

Ground water 10 members, CGHS 10 members, Census 10 members GSI 10 members

CWC 5 members IMD 5 members ASI 5 members others each 5 members.

If any outstation members require accommodation for stay at Bangalore it is available at NGO rooms Cubbon park at Rs 250/- for three persons, they can book through their respective associations well in advance .

Comradely yours

(P.S.Prasad)

General Secretary

Record Note of the meeting held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM

2013-11-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

IMMEDIATE

No16/15/2012-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
19th November, 2013

Sub: Record Note of the meeting held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of the Record Note of the meeting held with Staff Side on 24.10.2013 to discuss the possible Terms of Reference of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

(Ashok Kumar)
Deputy Secretary (JCA)

Record Note of the meeting held Qn 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th CPC with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM

A meeting was held on 24.10.2013 at 3.00 PM in Committee Room No 190, North Block under the chairmanship of Dr S.K.Sarkar, Secretary DOP&T to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th Central Pay Commission, which is going to be set up by the Government, with the representatives of the Staff Side of JCM. List of Participants to this meeting is at Annexure I.

At the outset, Secretary (P) welcomed the Staff side representatives and thanked them for attending this meeting on a short notice. He indicated that since this meeting has been convened to discuss the possible Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 7th Central Pay Commission, he hoped that the discussions would remain so focused.

Sh Umraomal Purohit, Secretary, Staff Side, in his opening remarks stated that it would have been preferable that there was a proposal from the official side on this issue to the Staff Side and then the same could have been discussed further in a meeting where the Finance Secretary could also be invited. He then pointed out that the new concept of Pay Bands and Grade Pay structure as per the 6th CPC, which changed the pay structure in Government, had resulted in a new experience which was mixed. He stated that though the 6th CPC did not recommend merger of DA with Pay, they could not have anticipated such a high rate of inflation which resulted in such high rate of DA; the rate of Dearness Allowance presently was 90% and due to high inflation there was a need to consider merger of a part of DA with Pay. He also raised the question of Interim Relief pending finalisation of 7th CPC recommendations. Shri Purohit further mentioned that anomalies of 6th CPC should be resolved on priority before 7th CPC. He also suggested that there must be some machinery which should resolve anomalies within one year of implementation of CPC report.

M.Raghavaiah, while thanking the Chairman raised the issue of anomalous situations which had arisen due to the new concept of Pay Bands and Grade Pay structure as per the 6th CPC. He suggested that the Finance Ministry should look into this aspect as to how anomalies cropped up due to this and how these can be avoided in future. He was of the view that the anomalies cases which stand referred to the Ministry of Finance need to be cleared. He referred to anomalies relating to MACP scheme vis a vis ACP scheme and resolution pending thereon required to be resolved as already discussed in the Joint Committee meetings on MACPS. He also demanded that there should be merger of DA with Pay as was agreed to in 2004. He also pointed out that the Railway Ministry’s proposals on 6th CPC related matters presently pending with Ministry of Finance should be cleared.

The other representatives from Staff Side raised the following issues

1) Entry level pay to promotee employees at par with that admissible to Direct Recruits as was agreed in the National Anomaly Committee;

2) One of the ToR should be to set up a special bilateral mechanism to sort out anomalies arising out of Pay Commission recommendations;

3) Professional approach should be adopted in dealing with peculiarities concerning Railways and Defence civilian employees;

4) There should be parity between pre & Post CPC retirees for the purpose of pension etc.;

5) Cadre review/restructuring proposals should be delinked from the 7th CPC so that these are not delayed;

6) Wage Revision should be effective after every 5 years as in the case of PSUs;

7) If there is going to be separate CPC for the Armed Forces as had been reported in media, or if there is a representative of Armed Forces in the 7th CPC then there should be a representative of Labour in the CPC;

8) CPC should not go by “Central Secretariat” structure to make its recommendations which does not take into account specific complexities in large Government organisations like Railways, Postal Department and Defence establishments.

9) Allowances should be enhanced concurrently with the pay consequent upon Pay commission implementation.

10) Supreme Court has upheld that MACP should be in the hierarchy of the Post and also for grant of NDA in 7th CPC rates w.e.f. 1/4/2007. These judgments should be implemented to all similarly placed employees.

11) The Secretary Staff side in the end requested that a copy of Terms of Reference as proposed by the Ministry of Finance may be circulated and then another meeting with Secretary, Department of Expenditure and Department of Personnel & Training be arranged to discuss & finalise the Terms of Reference of 7th CPC.

In his concluding remarks, the Chairman thanked the participants for their views and requested the Staff Side that they may send their suggestions in writing also.

ANNEXURE I

List of Participants in the Meeting held on 24th October, 2013 at 3.00 PM in Room No. 190, North Block, New Delhi.

CHAIRPERSON -	Dr.S.K.Sarkar, Secretary (Personnel)
OFFICIAL SIDE	STAFF SIDE
1. Mamta Kundra JS (E), DoPT	1. Umraomal Purohit
2. Ashok Kumar, DS(JCS), DoPT	2. M.Raghavaiah
3. Sanjiv Shankar, Director (Estt.II), DoPT	3. Shiva Gopal Mishra
4. Mukesh Chaturvedi, DS(Pay), DoPT	4. Rakhal Das Gupta 5. Guman Singh 6. R.P.Bhatnagar 7. K. K.N.Kutty 8. S.K.Vyas 9. C.Srikumar 10. S.N.Pathak 11. R.Srinivasan 12. J.R.Bhosle

Original Order :

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/16_15_2012-JCA-19112013.pdf

7TH CPC - TERMS OF REFERENCE - LATEST POSITION

2013-10-28T07:11:00.002-07:00

Dear Comrades,

VII-CPC – Terms of reference-

The members of the National Secretariat of the Confederation available at New Delhi met on 23rd Oct. 2013 and again on 24th October, 2013 to discuss and formulate our views on the 7th CPC terms of Reference. On the basis of the discussions, we prepared a draft terms of reference and submitted it for consideration of the Staff Side. The important points we placed in our draft for the consideration of the staff side were:-

(a) The Commission to examine the present structure of pay and allowances and suggest changes.

(b) To give effect to its recommendations from 1.1.2011 i.e. wage revision must be after every five years.

(c) D.A (50%) to be merged with pay with effect from 1.1.2011.

(d) To determine Interim relief taking into account the erosion in the value of wages over the years,

(e) To include GDS within the ambit of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

(f) To revise the retirement benefits and accord pension maintaining parity in quantum in respect of past, present and future pensioners.

(g) To extend the statutory defined benefit pension to those who have entered service after 1.1.2004.

(h) To settle the anomalies raised in various fora of JCM on a priority basis and within a specified time frame.

(i) To provide cashless/hazzle free Medicare to employees and pensioners.

The Government of India had convened a meeting of the Staff side representatives on 24.10.2013 to discuss the terms of reference. The meeting took place at 3.00PM on 24th under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Personnel. Besides the points mentioned above, the staff raised many other matters connected with the setting up of the CPC. viz. the inclusion of labour Representative as a Member of the Commission; the anomalous situation brought about by the Grade pay based MACP Scheme; the requirement of a mechanism to settle the 6th CPC related anomalies; the need to allow the proposals of Cadre Review to be examined by the Government independently without referring it to CPC; to have members in the Commission who have gained expertise to impart to the Commission the nuances and functional requirements of various Departments; to relook at the new Pay Structure brought in by the 6th CPC in the light of the experience between 2008 to 2013 etc. In conclusion the staff side requested the Government to provide it with a draft terms of reference taking into account the views placed by them. It was also proposed by the Staff Side that on exchange of the draft terms of reference prepared by the Staff Side and the Official Side, a meeting with the Secretary, Personnel and Secretary, Expenditure could be arranged to iron out the differences, if any.

The Staff Side met again on 25th at its office and deliberated upon various views presented by different organisations and finalised the draft terms of reference. We shall publish the said draft terms of reference as and when the same is submitted to the Government.

It is obvious that despite the unanimous position taken by all the organisations, the Government may not necessarily agree with many of the basic issues, viz. Date of effect, merger of DA, Interim Relief, Coverage of GDS etc. We appeal to our affiliates/ State COCs to continue the campaign amongst the employees to generate necessary sanctions.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

(M.Krishnan)

Secretary General.

Source: www.confederationhq.blogspot.in

Terms of Reference of VII CPC - Feedback of the meeting with Secretary, DOPT

2013-10-28T07:10:00.003-07:00

A.I.R.F.

All India Railwaymen’s Federation

No.AIRF/405(VII CPC)

Dated: October 24, 2013

The General Secretaries,

All Affiliated Unions

Dear Comrades,

Sub: Feedback of the meeting held today with Secretary, DoP&T on Terms of Reference of VII CPC

On the invitation of Secretary, DoP&T, today we met him at North Block, being led by Com. Umraomal Purohit, Secretary(Staff Side), National Council(JCM), where Jt. Secretary(Estt.), Ms Mamta Kundra was present along with the Director(JCA), Shri Ashok Kumar.

Corn. Purohit explained in detail about the background of the past Pay Commissions as he has been associated with the JCM as Secretary(Staff Side) since 1977. He said that the VI CPC though had many favourable recommendations, but it has also created many anomalies, particularly because of introduction of Pay Band and Grade Pay. Corn. Purohit further said that he had expected some draft on the Terms of Reference of the Seventh Central Pay Commission from the Official Side, it would facilitate better appreciation to react.

It was also explained that the VI CPC has been based on Secretarial Structure, and there no appreciation for professional and operational needs, faced by the departments, like Indian Railways, Defence production etc. Therefore, it was demanded that some professional experts should be used to appreciate the problems of the Railwaymen and others.

Nivas also demanded that, to have a true representative character, a labour representative should be included as member in the Commission.

Besides the undersigned, Com. Rakhal Das Gupta, Working President/AIRF and Corn. JR.Bhosale, Treasurer/AIRF, were present on the occasion.

The Staff Side also raised the following issues:-

Secretarial Structure – Pay Structure – Hierarchy of Industrial employees

GP 5400 and other facilities

Allowances

Provision should be made to appreciate problems of the Railways and other departments

Problems of the Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Postal Department

Cadre Restructuring in Defence Production

Parity between pre and post retirees

Removal of the anomalies

MACPS – GP Rs.2000, Stepping up of pay

Court cases in the matter of MACP

Pay fixation of the Promotees Vs Direct Recruits

Loco Pilots and other categories

Comradely yours,

sd/-

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Source: AIRF

7th CPC News - Draft terms of reference 7th Central Pay Commission - Staff Side JCM

2013-10-28T07:09:00.001-07:00

DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE 7th CPC

Finalized by the Staff Side at the meeting of 25.10.2013.

A. To examine the existing structure of pay, allowances and other benefits/facilities, retirement benefits like Pension, Gratuity, other terminal benefits etc. to the following categories of employees.

1. Central Government employees – industrial and non industrial;

2. Personnel belonging to All India services;

3. Personnel belonging to the Defence Forces;

4. Personnel called as Grameen Dak Sewaks belonging to the Postal Department;

5. Personnel of Union Territories;

6. Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;

7. Officers and employees of the Supreme Court;

8. Members of Regulatory bodies (excluding RBI) set up under Act of Parliament.

B. To work out the comprehensive revised pay packet for the categories of Central Government employees mentioned in (A) above as on 1.1.2014.

C. The Commission will determine the pay structure, benefits facilities, retirement benefits etc. taking into account the need to provide minimum wage with reference to the recommendation of the 15th Indian Labour Conference (1957) and the subsequent judicial pronouncement of the honorable Supreme Court there-on, as on 1.1.2014.

D. To determine the Interim Relief needed to be sanctioned immediately to the Central Government employees and Pensioners mentioned in (A) above;

E. To determine the percentage of Dearness allowance/Dearness Relief immediately to be merged with Pay and pension

F. To settle the anomalies raised in various fora of JCM.

G. To work out the improvements needed to the existing retirement benefits, like pension, death cum retirement gratuity, family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits maintaining parity amongst past, present and future pensioners and family pensioners including those who entered service on or after 1.1.2004.

H. To recommend methods for providing cashless/hassle-free Medicare facilities to the employees and Pensioners including Postal pensioners.

Source: AIRF

7th Central Pay Commission – Terms of Reference -Staff Side (JCM) views – reg

2013-10-22T08:44:00.001-07:00

National Federation of Indian Railwaymen

3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI-11o o55

Affiliated to:

lndian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)

lnternational Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

20.10.2013

No.IV/NFIR/7th CPC/2013-Pt.1.

Shri Guman Singh,
President, NFIR
At Jaipur.

Shri R.P. Bhatnagar,
Working President,
At Dadar, Mumbai.

Dear Brother,

Sub: 7th Central Pay Commission – Terms of Reference -Staff Side (JCM) views – reg.

A meeting has since been convened under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Dop&T at 1500 hours on 24th October, 2013 in Committee Room No, 190, North Block, New Delhi on the possible terms of reference of the 7th Central Pay Commission whereby Staff Side views may be discussed.

It is therefore requested to reach New Delhi on the morning 24th October, 2013 at JCM’s Office – 13-C, Firozshah Road, New Delhi and also to participate in the meeting scheduled to be held atscheduled to be held at 1500 hrs. on 24.10’2013 in committee Room No. 190, North Block, New Delhi.

Yours fraternally,

(M.Raghavaiah)

General Secretary

Source: NFIR

Railwaymen call off strike after board accepted their demands

2013-10-17T07:15:00.002-07:00

The strike call given by the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen and Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh was withdrawn till the December working committee meeting after the railway board recently accepted all the major demands of the unions.

On Tuesdays, the railways also accepted the last major demand for cadre restructuring. Vice -president of NFIR and WRMS J G Mahurkuar said that the unions were demanding implementation of recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, cadre restructuring and also productivity-linked bonus for the 3.5 lakh employees.

Mahurkar said that recently the government announced accepting the pay commission suggestions and also declared 78 days productivity-linked bonus. He said that railwaymen had decided to go on a strike to press for their demand. "But since all major demands have been accepted, we have deferred the decision of strike till the committee meets again in December. For the time being we have called off the strike."

He said that the cadre restructuring will benefit 3.5 lakh employees of the railways who would be promoted. He said that this was a long-pending demand and a committee was also. Finally on Tuesday, the government accepted the last demand. He further said that with the restructuring there would lead to increase in the number of vacancies for the higher cadre, while the same in lower cadre would decrease.

Source : The Times of India

7th pay panel award likely to be implemented from January 2016

2013-10-15T22:46:00.002-07:00

The government on Wednesday announced the constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission to revise salary and pension for about 80 lakh staff and pensioners.

“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the constitution of the 7th Pay Commission. Its recommendations are likely to be implemented with effect from January 1, 2016,” Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said in a statement.

The Congress and the employees union hailed the decision of the UPA-II government.

The union, however, demanded that the pay panel’s award be implemented with retrospective effect from January 1, 2011.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said: “It is the right of the employees to have the pay commission ...when the recommendations come, the government will be able to implement [them]. You do not do something for which you do not have money available.”

The setting up of the commission, whose recommendations will benefit about 50 lakh Central government employees, including those in Defence and Railways, and about 30 lakh pensioners, comes ahead of the Assembly elections in 5 States, including Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, in November and the general elections next year.

The government constitutes the pay commission almost once in every 10 years to revise the pay scales of its employees and often these are adopted by the States after some modification.

The sixth Pay Commission was implemented from January 1, 2006, the fifth one from January 1, 1996, and the fourth from January 1, 1986.

“Except for 6th Pay Commission, all Pay Commissions are set up in third year of a decade... The government should attract the best of talent as its employees.”

Pay Commissions help in attracting and also retaining best available talent,” Congress general secretary in charge of Communication Ajay Maken commented on the microblogging site Twitter. “The NDA rejected the legitimate formation of the 6th Pay Commission in 2003. The Congress set up the 6th Pay Commission in 2005, now again the 7th CPC in 2013.”

Welcoming the announcement, president of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers K.K.N. Kutty said: “We have a reservation. It should be implemented with effect from January 1, 2011 as in the case of Central PSUs whose employee pay scales are revised every five years.”

During discussions with the government, Mr. Kutty said the Confederation would press for merger of up to 50 per cent of dearness allowance with the basic pay, which was a prerequisite for setting up a pay commission.

Source : The Hindu

Pay Commission shock for the states

2013-10-15T22:45:00.005-07:00

On September 25, the government of India announced the constitution of the seventh central pay commission. While the central pay commission’s (CPC) recommendations are applicable to central government employees’ salaries, the salaries of all state government and local bodies (municipal corporations, etc) employees are revised after central government’s acceptance of recommendations of the CPC.

The first CPC was constituted in May 1946. It was based on the idea of giving the employees living wages that suit the conditions of the day, qualified by the condition that in no case should be a man’s pay be less than a living wage. The second pay commission stated that the pay structure and the working conditions of the government employees should be crafted in such a way that efficient functioning of the system is ensured by recruiting persons above or with a minimum qualification.

Cost of living and type of economy are two major factors behind the pay commission award. India is moving towards a market economy and the government has to compete with the private sector to attract talent, and hence, offer competitive salaries.

The government generally accepts all recommendations of pay commissions regarding increase in salaries. However, it skirts hard decisions such as down-sizing/right-sizing of the government, linking the efficiency/productivity of employee with future pay increase/promotions, etc. India is facing huge challenges of skilled manpower in various sectors, viz. education, technology, etc. What we need is right-sizing of the government to provide crucial services efficiently to the citizens.

Some states revise salaries of their employees on the basis of the recommendations of separate commissions/committees formed by them while some use the CPC recommendations. Salary revision of state government employees, generally, takes place with a lag from the revision of central government employees’ salaries. Two states, Karnataka and Kerala, follow schedules different from the central government’s for revising employees’ salaries, through their own salary revision committee/commission. Karnataka revised salaries of its employees on April 1, 2012; Kerala revised them last on July 1, 2009.

The salary revision, both at the central and state levels, takes place without factoring in the governments’ ability to absorb

Source : finanacialexpress.com

National pay commission instead of 7th central pay commission

2013-10-15T22:45:00.002-07:00

The Govt. of India recently announcement to setup 7th Central Pay Commission for review and revise Pay. Pension and perks etc of 50 lakh employees in Central government service and 30 lakh pensioners with effect from 1st of January 2016 The employees of J&K State used to have their own pay.

Commission and they were being represented by the All J&K Low Paid Employees Federation headed by a veteran trade union leader Abdul Majid Khan. Last time, State Pay Commission was setup under the chairmanship of Late Justice J.N.Bhat, recommendations, where of were given effect in 1982 in respect of state employees and pensioners. Central govt., employees envied the revision of Pay, Pension and perks as the employees leadership has been successful in convincing the Pay Commission about the genuine needs and aspirations of state employees and pensioners.

However, employees of almost all the states raised the demand for implementation of 4th Central Pay Commission on Central pattern and besides in other states it was implemented in J&K State in two phases i.e. in 1987 and 1992 and thereafter 5th and 6th CPC’s recommendations were also implemented in the state in fractured manner in 1996 and 2006 respectively. We were not in a position to put our own view point with regard to genuine needs and aspirations of employees and pensioners of the State before these pay commissions as such whatever were the recommendations of those Pay Commissions were sought to be implemented on Central pattern.

Instead of setting up central pay commission, National Pay Commission is the need of the hour to enable state employees organisations to put forth their view point before such pay commission for evolving a uniform structure of pay, pension and perks throughout the country.

—Krishan Singh,

General Secretary All J&K Low Paid Employees Federation

Source : http://www.kashmirtimes.com/